Cantica Gaudia

Ordinary Time, Early Summer: Wednesday Noonday Prayer

Opening: Rejoice always, pray constantly, give thanks in all circumstances, for this is the will of God for you in Christ Jesus.

Psalm: Now as I sing
I lift up my soul to you
I open my heart’s trust
Do not let me be ashamed
Do not let it close

I know that no one who trusts
Will ever be ashamed
Let them be ashamed
Who uselessly deceive
Because they are deceived

Show me your ways
Teach me your paths
Lead me in your truthfulness
Teach me
For in you I am whole
And on you do I wait
All the day every day

Remember your tender mercies
Remember your encompassing kindness
Which is everlasting

But forget my youthful mistakes
Forget all the harm that I have done
According to your kindness
Hold me in your memory
For the sake of all that is good in me

Reading: If you bring forth what is within you, what you bring forth will save you. If you do not bring forth what is within you, what you do not bring forth will destroy you.

The Lord’s Prayer: Holy One,
We honor your name.
Let the world know your justice
Here as everywhere.
Give us the food we need
For both the body and the soul.
Forgive us the wrongs we do
As we forgive the wrongs of others.
Keep us safe from the evil
At large or of our own making.
We trust you for you made us and
We are yours, now and always.  Amen.

Prayer: O Holy Spirit, giver of light and life,
impart to us thoughts better than our own thoughts,
and prayers better than our own prayers,
and powers better than our own powers,
that we may spend and be spent
in the ways of love and goodness,
after the perfect image of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

Going Forth: Bless to us, O God, the doors we open, the thresholds we cross, the roads that lie before us. Go with us as we go and welcome us home.